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Raute community facing crisis due to alcohol and money

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Jitendra Thapa.  The Raute community is one of the last nomadic tribes in South Asia. This community lived a nomadic life roaming in the forest and had a separate world. They used to earn their livelihood by eating fruits produced in the forest, such as monkey prey and tuber root. Even though they were in the forest, they were happy and strong. They were not greedy. The last and only surviving community of nomadic tribes was the separate identity of the Raute community. He lived within the rules of his own king, his own government. They became self-sufficient by producing wooden utensils in the forest and exchanging them for grain in nearby villages. He was neutral in his behavior, customs and speech. This community is a community that has been living a wandering life in the forests around Karnali and Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces. The Raute community, which is almost the last nomadic tribe in South Asia, is in crisis recently. This community, which has grown up in the quiet, ...

A climate-friendly village that changed farmers' lives

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Jitendra Thapa.   A tooth in one hand. A green handkerchief on the head. And Hira Rawat of Vadapokhara is busy cutting vegetables in the garden with scissors in her other hand. Rawat, who has reached the age of 35, reaches the field near the house without light. Dailekh's Dullu Municipality-2 Ward Pokhara's Hira Rawat's life has been like this. Most of his time is spent between making vegetable Godmel and sleeping. From early morning till late in the evening, he seems to be busy with the work of plucking vegetables, picking the fruits, applying water and sowing the seeds. Four years ago, he started cultivating vegetables on a small plot of land for his own food. Sosec Nepal, a leading non-governmental organization in solving the problems of the backward communities, finding out the problems of the rural communities, has changed Hira's daily life after teaching them to produce vegetables together with agricultural materials in vegetable production. Hira, who planted veg...

Rauté community in crisis

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  Jit endra Thapa.  The journey from shore to shore reached Nabhishthana. Where Raute had made his abode only a short time before. It was very exciting to reach the village. The Raute community, which has been living a nomadic life around Karnali and Sudur Paschim Province, has recently started to continue its occupation. Some women of the community were cleaning the yard. Some were busy building temporary houses. Other Route men were seen busy making various wooden materials. Route youth of the community reached the forest and carried firewood to the settlement and were relieving their fatigue. The route girl was coming towards the village with water from the nearby river on her head. The scene is Bhairavi Rural Municipality 1 Navisthan of Dailekh. In the Raute community, who used to drink alcohol and lie here and there as soon as they reached the settlement, recently they seemed to be trying to return to their old self. The Raute community, which used to indulge in alcohol f...